Bottle-opener.



J. LEE.

BOTTLE OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1912.

Patented June 10, 1913.

sTaTns PATENT onirica.

JAMES LEE, 0F BRADLEY, lcl'al'JI-N'OEIS-V Patented J une 10, 1913.

Referring to the drawing by numerals 5 BO'JJILim-.OPENER- j 0064591.Specica-tion of Letters Patent. y

i Application led August 28, 1912. Serial No. 717,617.

To ll whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LEE, a citizen of the United States, resi-dingat Bradley, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Openers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates .to bottle openers and more particularly to theclass of `crown cap removers. l

primary object of the invent-ion is the provision of a device of thischaracter in which crown caps of bottles may be readily and easilyremoved therefrom without possibility of fracturing the neck of thebottle or ymouth thereof thus avoiding the liability of .glass gettingwithin the Contents of the bottle when removing the cap therefrom.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter in which the corks or caps when remo-ved from the bottle willbe caught in a receiver thereby avoiding the scattering or falling ofthe caps upon the frock, the receiver for the caps being readily.removable from the opener so as t0 permit the emptying thereof when itbecomes filled with caps removed .ient removal of the caps from thebottles without the breaking thereof,the device being simple inconstruction, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient in its purpose andinexpensive in manufacture. t

'Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In t-he drawingsz-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through aportion of a bar showing the cap remover or bottle opener constructed inaccordance with the invention mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the cap remover or bottle opener. Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view through the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewon the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

designates zit-portion of a bar which is of the ordinary well-knownconstruction and on which is mounted the crown cap remover or bottleopener hereinafter more fully described. y

The crown cap remover or bottle opener comprises a substantiallyrectangular shaped frame G having integrally formed therewith arearwardly inclined chute 7 provided with a central recess 8 openingthrough its upper free edge and in which is engaged the neck of a bottlewhen capped, -the-opposite side walls of the recess being formed withinturned rearwardly converging flanges 5) which are adapted to engagethe edge of a cap upon the bottle at opposite points thereof so thatupon pressing downwardly upon the said bott-le the caps will be removedfrom the mouth thereof and will fall downwardly through the chute 7 tobe caught in a manner presently described.

Rising from the rear wall of the frame 6 and fixed thereto and alsofixed to the rear wall of the chute7 is a brace plate 10 which preventsthe displacement of the chut-e when subjected to excessive pressure, theplate 10 being connected to the chute 7 by means of bolt. members 11which extend through both the front and rear walls thereof contiguoustothe flanges 9 and carry spacer sleeves 12 disposed between the frontand read walls of the said chute, the bolt members 11 being designed toprevent the outward bulging of the front walls or on obviating anypbssible displacement thereof when subjected to strain by reason of theengagement of the flanges 9 with the cap when fastened to the mouth of abottle and on the attempt of removing the same therefrom.

The frame 6 is fastened to the portion of the bar 5 by means of boltmembers 13 which are passed transversely through the frame and engagedto the said portion 5 of the bar. However, it is to be understood thatthis frame 6 may be mounted on any other stationary part should it bedesired.

The crown caps when removed from the bottle are caught within a receivercomprising a box-like body 14 having an open top the end walls of whichare formed with channeled flanges 15 at the mouth thereof which slidablyengage the out-turned flanges 16 formed at opposite ends'of the frame 6,the front wall of the body 14 being prov vided with an abutmentextension 17 which limits the inward sliding movement `of the said body14 when engaged with the frame.

`fore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

VWhat is claimed is zv' 1. A cap remover comprismg a chute l adapted tobe fixed to a stationary part and having a recess in its .front openingthrough the upper free edge thereof', rearward y converging membersintegrally formed with the op sed walls of the said recess and adapte toengage a crown cap when fastened on a bottle whereby on pressingdownwardly upon the latter the said cap will be removed from 'suchbottle and a receiver detachably engaged with the chute and adapted toreceive the caps therefrom and when removed from the bottle.

l2. A cap `remover comprising achute adapted to be xed to a stationarypart and havingl a recess in its front opening through the upper freeedge thereof7 rearward y receive the caps therefrom and when removedfrom the bottle, and means for sustaining the chute in requisiteposition.

3. A bottle cap remover comprising a frame, a chute rising from theframe and being rearwardly inclined andA having a recess in its frontwall opening through its upper edge, cap engaging members at oppositesides of the recess and extended inwardly -of the chute, a box-like bodydetachably connected with the frame and receivinga cap when removed froma bottle, and means mounted transversely in the chute for preventing thebulging of its front wall.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES LEE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD F. MCCOY, EDWARD UMSTED.

